EASTON MASSACHUSETTS
NORTHEAST BRISTOL COUNTY
CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT

1996 SUMMARY

TEMPERATURES (°F)     				DATE OF OCCURRENCE
Highest			94			May 21st
Lowest			-15			February 5th
Highest Min		69			July 16th
Lowest Max		15			February 4th
Average High		58.4  (-1.1°)
Average Low		40.9  (+0.6°)
Average for 1996	49.7  (-0.2°)

DEGREE DAYS
Heating		6039	
Cooling		518

TEMPERATURE ( DAYS WITH...)
Days with Maximum of 20 or below	3
Days with Maximum of 32 or below	26
Days with Maximum of 90 or above	1
Days with Minimum of 70 or below	0
Days with Minimum of 32 or below	120
Days with Minimum of 20 or below	41
Days with Minimum or 0 or below	4

Last Spring Frost			May 14th
First Fall Frost			October 6th

PRECIPITATION
Total for the Year:			61.21" *
Greatest Amount Recorded 24hr Obs:	4.58" on October 20th
Total Snowfall for the Year:		100.9" **
Greatest Amount Recorded 24 hr Obs	15.9" on January 8th
Days with Measurable Precipitation	162 out of 366 days (44% of the time)

WEATHER
Days with FOG			44
Days with SLEET			5
Days with GLAZE			0
Days with THUNDERSTORMS		21
Days with HAIL (at station)	0  ***

WIND
Peak Wind Gust for 1996 at Oliver Ames High School:  
63 MPH on January 19, 1996 and May 22, 1996		

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
Lowest was 29.20" on December 8th, and October 9th
Highest was 30.86" on March 10th	

*WETTEST YEAR ON 12 YEAR TOWN RAINFALL RECORD
**SNOWIEST YEAR ON 12 YEAR TOWN SNOWFALL RECORD
***TWO DAYS OF HAIL NOTED IN JULY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN EASTON
   BUT NOT AT STATION

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JOSH NICHOLS

And that closes the books on 1996-on to 1997!!!!
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